The widow of former Olympic marathoner Samuel Kamau yesterday recounted her altercation with a woman she claims to have found in bed with her husband.

Triza Njeri, who was testifying in an inquest investigating Mr Kamau’s death, told Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi that she had arrived home at around 11pm on May 15, 2011 and found a woman asleep next to Kamau in their bedroom.

Njeri told the court that the woman grabbed her by the neck after she asked what she was doing there with Kamau.

"I went straight to our bedroom and immediately a woman came out of our matrimonial bed, told me she was Kamau's wife and wanted to know who l was. I told her l was Kamau's wife and she grabbed me by the collar,” said Njeri. She said Kamau remained asleep during the quarrel. 

She said Kamau remained asleep during the quarrel. 

"l left them inside as Kamau slept. I closed the corridor door with a padlock and started to call the local OCS for assistance to avoid a recurrence of what had happened between me and Kamau where he had threatened to kill me with a gun," said Njeri.

The widow said after the altercation with the stranger, she left the bedroom and asked the watchman for the keys to the house and the gate. While standing at the gate, Njeri said, she saw Kamau on the balcony of the house. He asked her to hand over the keys but she declined.

"I do not know what exactly caused the death of Kamau since l was not in the compound at the time of the incident," she said, adding that after leaving the house, she went and recorded a statement with the police.